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• a hot drink made by infusing the dried crushed leaves of the tea plant in boiling water.

• "Katherine sipped her tea"

• the evergreen shrub or small tree which produces tea leaves, native to southern and eastern Asia and grown as a major cash crop.

• a light afternoon meal consisting typically of tea to drink, sandwiches, and cakes.

• "they were about to take afternoon tea"

• secret information or rumours of a scandalous nature; gossip.

• "the star spilled the tea on her younger sister's romantic life"

• drink tea or take afternoon tea.

• "I teaed with Professor Herron"

Origin: mid 17th century: probably via Malay from Chinese (Min dialect) te ; related to Mandarin chá . Compare with char3.

• there is nothing at all that could induce one to do something.
"I wouldn't do that girl's job—not for all the tea in China"

• kind and attentive behaviour towards someone who is upset or in trouble.
"they need a plan of action rather than tea and sympathy"